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Love him or hate him, President Obama just made it easier to get concert tickets.

Just so we’re clear, you won’t see political-themed posts here unless they somehow relate to good news about music.  This is a music blog, after all.

And this post is about music.  President Obama yesterday signed into law the Better Online Ticket Sales Act (the BOTS Act), which makes it illegal for secondary ticket sales markets (i.e., StubHub, Live Nation) to use robot programs to snatch up massive amounts of tickets for shows and then resell them to fans at ludicrous rates.  It’s also now illegal for secondary ticket sellers to not stop “bot” programs they have in place or claim ignorance of “bot” programs being used by their company when evidence shows otherwise.

This is great news for those of us who enjoy live music or theatre.  The stories of bands like Radiohead seeing tickets to their shows going to scalpers rather than fans are commonplace by now.  Lin Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame has decried such ticket scalping methods as “killing Broadway.”

I don’t know when this law will start being enforced, but it should change the ticket buying game in time for the 2017 music festival and MLB seasons, let alone the remainder of this year’s NFL, NHL, and NBA seasons next year.  Granted, many resellers will risk or gladly pay the fine as a simple cost of business since they’re making millions off inflated ticket prices, but some will think twice.

We’ll see you at more concerts next year!

Keep your mind open.

Temples announce U.S. west coast tour dates.

TEMPLES TO HEADLINE DESERT DAZE CARAVAN, FEBRUARY 22-MARCH 17

FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM, VOLCANO,
OUT MARCH 3RD ON FAT POSSUM
(photo credit: Ed Miles)
Temples, the English four-piece consisting of James Bagshaw (vocals, guitar), Tom Walmsley (bass, backing vocals), Sam Toms (drums) and Adam Smith (keys), will release their new album, Volcano, on March 3rd via Fat Possum. Today, they’re excited to announce they’ll be headlining the 2017 Desert Daze Caravan, kicking off Wed. Feb. 22nd in San Francisco and taking them all over the west coast, south, and south west before the tour wraps up Fri. March 17th in Dallas. This is Temples’ first North American tour in support of Volcano after selling out multiple venues stateside this past fall where they previewed new material for the first time. All new dates are listed below, with tickets available for purchase here this Friday.
Watch/Listen/Share:
“Certainty” video — https://youtu.be/h6zdVaAe0OE
“Certainty” stream — https://soundcloud.com/templesofficial/temples-certainty/
Temples perform “Certainty” on Last Call With Carson Daly — http://bit.ly/2gX2nkr
“Certainty” (Franz Ferdinand Remix) — http://bit.ly/2gDdiAn

Temples Tour Dates (new dates in bold):
Sun. Jan. 22 – Hebden Bridge, UK @ The Trades Club, Heavenly Weekend
Wed. Feb. 22 — San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel (Desert Daze Caravan)
Fri. Feb. 24 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom (Desert Daze Caravan)
Sat. Feb. 25 — Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s (Desert Daze Caravan)
Sun. Feb. 26 — Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre (Desert Daze Caravan)
Tue. Feb. 28 — Felton, CA @ Don Quixote’s (Desert Daze Caravan)
Wed. March 1 — Nevada City, CA @ Miners Foundry Cultural Center (Desert Daze Caravan)
Thu. March 2 — Pomona, CA @ Glass House (Desert Daze Caravan)
Fri. March 3 — Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s (Desert Daze Caravan)
Sat. March 4 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent (Desert Daze Caravan)
Sun. March 5 — Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern (Desert Daze Caravan)
Sat. March 11 — Phoenix, AZ @ Downtown Phoenix [VIVA PHX] (Desert Daze Caravan)
Fri. March 17 — Dallas, TX @ Trees (Desert Daze Caravan)
Thu. March 30 – London, UK @ The Electric
(Volcano album art)
Pre-order Volcano:
Digital – http://smarturl.it/Temples.Volcano
Physical – http://smarturl.it/Temples.Volcano.LP

Download hi-res images of Temples — http://pitchperfectpr.com/temples/

Temples online:
templestheband.com
facebook.com/templesofficial
instagram.com/templesofficial/
youtube.com/templesofficial
twitter.com/templesofficial
soundcloud.com/templesofficial
fatpossum.com
pitchperfectpr.com/temples/
redlightmanagement.com
caa.com

Dinosaur Jr. announce 2017 tour dates.

Alt / grunge rock legends Dinosaur Jr. have announced tour dates for 2017 in support of their new album Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not.  Catch ’em if you can!

DINOSAUR JR. TOUR DATES (new dates in bold)
Sat. Dec 10 – North Adams, MA @ MASS MoCA
Thu. Jan. 12 – Sydney, Australia @ The Metro w/ Luluc
Fri. Jan. 13 – Newstead, Australia @ The Triffid
Sat. Jan. 14 – Miami, Australia @ Miami Tavern
Sun. Jan. 15 – Byron Bay Nsw, Australia @ The Northern
Wed. Jan. 18 – Perth, Australia @ The Capitol
Thu. Jan. 19 – Adelaide, Australia @ The Gov
Fri. Jan. 20 – Thornbury, Australia @ The Croxton
Sat. Jan. 21 – Thornbury, Australia @ The Croxton
Mon. Jan. 23 – Auckland, NZ @ The Studio
Thu. Jan. 26 – Nagoya-Shi, Japan @ Club Quattro Nagoya
Fri. Jan. 27 – Tokyo, Japan @ EX Theater Rappongi
Mon. Jan. 30 – Osaka-Shi, Japan @ Club Quattro Osaka
Thu. Mar. 9 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
Fri. Mar. 10 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
Sat. Mar. 11 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
Sun. Mar. 12 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Mon. Mar. 13 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Thu. Mar. 16 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird
Fri. Mar. 17 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Sat. Mar. 18 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Sun. Mar. 19 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
Wed. Mar. 22 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
Thu. Mar 23 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
Fri. Mar. 24 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
Sat. Mar. 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Tue. Mar. 28 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Wed. Mar. 29 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Thu. Mar. 30 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theatre
Fri. Mar. 31 – Jacksonville, FL @ Mavericks
Sat. Apr. 1 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
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Tim Darcy of Ought to release solo album in February 2017.
“If ‘Tall Glass Of Water’ is meant to be a song of himself, as it were, Darcy visualizes it in terms that would be familiar to Walt Whitman, and that are consistent with the concept of Saturday Night: As an artist, he contains multitudes.” — NPR Music‘s “Songs We Love”
There’s a line in “Tall Glass of Water,” the lead single off Tim Darcy’s debut solo album, Saturday Night, where Darcy asks himself a rhetorical question: “if at the end of the river, there is more river, would you dare to swim again?” He barely pauses before the answer: “Yes, surely I will stay, and I am not afraid. I went under once, I’ll go under once again.” That river shows up again and again in the lyrics of Saturday Night. It’s about how wonderful it can be to feel in touch with that inner current. It’s about how good it feels to make art, and how terrifying; how you don’t always get to choose whether you’re swimming or drowning as we grow and move through life, just that you’re going to keep diving in. That’s the impulse that links all the songs on Saturday Night.

Each track on Saturday Night is woven to the next in a winding, complex journey through a charged, continuous present. Darcy’s unmistakable, commanding voice and lyrical phrasing are, as they are in Ought, vital to the entire affair. He over-enunciates. He whoops and croons. He makes damn sure you know there are no tossed-off lines here. At the same time there is an evident softness in these songs and an accompanying musicality. While there are moments that take their strength in sparseness, Darcy is unafraid to paint in economic technicolor as his wry lyricism floats nimbly upon chorused guitars and the occasional synthetic artifact.

The album title comes in part from the nights and weekends when it was recorded: a six month period that overlapped with the recording of Ought’s second album where Darcy gathered with friends to record in the storage room of a commercial studio in Toronto. The result sounds like a person exploring his voice in a room full of people he trusts: joyful, shot through with struggle, unfakeably honest. Intimate and rollicking as a house show, delicate as a late-night phone call.

Born in Arizona, Tim Darcy made his way to both Colorado and New Hampshire before ending up in Montreal where he found university, the city’s rich DIY scene, and the other members of Ought. He began writing poetry as early as the third grade and performed often, and his first attempts at songwriting were him feeling around in the dark to set some of them to music. In Montreal, he played in various projects, his and others, before settling into a groove as the singer and guitarist of Ought.

Tim Darcy’s Saturday Night is out February 17th via Jagjaguwar. All iTunes preorders come with an instant grat download of debut single, “Tall Glass of Water,” presented today with the video directed by Jonny Look. Darcy and band will tour North America throughout February and March (all dates are below).

Watch Tim Darcy’s “Tall Glass of Water” Video — 
https://youtu.be/MbgPiAGspB8

Saturday Night Tracklisting:
1. Tall Glass of Water
2. Joan Pt 1, 2
3. You Felt Comfort
4. Still Waking Up
5. First Final Days
6. Saturday Night
7. Found My Limit
8. Saint Germain
9. What’d You Release?
10. Beyond Me
11. Joan Pt 3 [HIDDEN TRACK]

Tim Darcy Tour Dates:
Mon. Feb. 13 – Hudson, NY @ Half Moon
Wed. Feb. 15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Fri. Feb. 17 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake
Mon. Feb. 20 – London, UK @ Lexington
Tue. Feb. 21  – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Wed. Feb. 22 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Thu. Feb. 23 – Rennes, FR @ La Route Du Rock D’hiver
Fri. Feb. 24 – Paris, FR @ Olympic
Sat. Mar. 4 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
Mon. Mar. 6 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Tue. Mar. 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
Wed. Mar. 8 – Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
Thu. Mar. 9 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
Fri. Mar. 10 – Raleigh, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Sat. Mar. 11 – Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover
Sun. Mar. 12 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Sat. Mar. 18 – Dallas, TX @ Not So Fun Wknd
Mon. Mar. 20 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
Wed. Mar. 22 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
Thu. Mar. 23 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle
Sat. Mar. 25 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar

Pre-order Tim Darcy’s Saturday Night –
timdarcy.lnk.to/saturdaynight

Foreign Family Collective releases two new singles from electro artist Golden Features.
ODESZA’s Foreign Family Collective has unveiled its latest release with a double A-Side from Australian producer Golden Features aka Tom Stell. Wolfie/Funeral marks two years since Golden Features self-titled debut EP and a year since his last EP, XXIV.

“Wolfie” started as a lullaby for Stell’s nephew (for whom the song gets its title from) and ended up evolving into an ambient, atmospheric production featuring vocals from Julia Stone. The track is layered with velvet beats and gloomy synths creating delicate, headphone-worthy dance music. In contrast, “Funeral” delivers heavy, infectious and dark tones with a pulsating rhythm boasting incredible production and originality.

Foreign Family Collective founders, Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight of ODESZA, comment on discovering Golden Features, “Two and half years ago we played our first show in Australia where we were introduced to one of the most unique and forward thinking producers we’ve ever met. That person was Golden Features. Golden’s tracks are dark, brooding, and impressively detailed. He’s already made a name for himself in the Australian music scene and now we’re proud to say we’re bringing him into the family. “Wolfie” and “Funeral” exhibit his diverse range in production and songwriting. One’s blissfully nostalgic and the other is a dance party in hell.”

Since exploding onto the scene in 2014, Golden Features has become known for his genre-bending sound, collaborating with some of the biggest names in electronic music including Porter Robinson, Bixel Boys and What So Not. 2015 saw Golden Features sell out his Australian headline tour, hit the U.S. festival circuit with stops at HARD Summer, CRSSD and Holy Ship and join Alison Wonderland on her U.S. tour. Now with “Wolfie” and “Funeral,” we’re reminded why Spotify named Golden Features an Artist To Watch in 2016.

STREAM GOLDEN FEATURES’
“WOLFIE (FEAT. JULIA STONE)”/“FUNERAL”:
http://foreignf.am/wolfie-funeral

Failure offer “Fantastic Planet Live” through PledgeMusic campaign.

failure

1990’s shoegaze / alt-rock maestros Failure have begun a PledgeMusic campaign to offer a live album from their October 2016 tour (which, sadly, I missed).  They played their outstanding album Fantastic Planet in its entirety and chose the best versions of each song from the tour for this live record.

In case you don’t know, Fantastic Planet is one of the best records of the 1990’s and a masterpiece of engineering.  You deserve to hear it, so jump on this campaign before all the signed stuff is gone.

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2017 tickets go on sale tomorrow.

THE PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY SALE
BEGINNING NOVEMBER 28, 2016JULY 14-16, 2017 AT CHICAGO’S UNION PARK
The Pitchfork Music Festival will return to Chicago’s Union Park next summer for its twelfth year. The 2017 event will run from Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16. This year, the festival is announcing a holiday sale beginning Monday, November 28. A holiday 3-day pass will be available to purchase for $140 for a short amount of time. Once those are gone, three-day passes will be on sale for the regular price of $165. Single day tickets will be available for $65. A layaway option for regularly priced three-day passes will also be offered, where you will be able to pay the $165 price over three installments. This offer will expire on March 1.

The Pitchfork Music Festival continues to be one the world’s most welcoming and exciting festivals, consistently dedicated to striking a balance between discovery and celebration. Stay tuned for the lineup announcement, as well as much more from Pitchfork Music Festival 2017!

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE BEGINNING NOV. 28 —  www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com 

Pitchfork is the most trusted voice in music. Over the last 20 years, Pitchfork’s online magazine has defined how music is covered in the digital era, leading The New York Times to call it “the most prominent brand in online music journalism” and TIME Magazine to recognize it as one of the world’s 50 best websites. In addition to setting a new standard in music coverage, Pitchfork has developed a global reputation for its music festivals. Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival has been held every year since 2006, and in 2011, Pitchfork launched Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, bringing its vision of the live music experience to Europe. In 2015, Pitchfork was acquired by Condé Nast, joining a family of brands that includes The New Yorker, Wired, and GQ, among many others, enabling growth in the U.S. and beyond.

Visit www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com and www.facebook.com/pitchforkmusicfestival for more information. Follow @pitchforkfest for the latest news, announcements and exclusive content.

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Electro duo Kllo release new single and upcoming tour dates.

KLLO SHARES “WALLS TO BUILD” (MALL GRAB REMIX)
https://soundcloud.com/kllomusic/walls-to-build-mall-grab-remix-1 ON TOUR NOW IN SUPPORT OF WELL WORN EP;
DATES WITH RÜFÜS DU SOL & NAO
“They’re poised to attract a ton of attention stateside.”
– NYLON (“The 7 Breakout Stars Of Summer 2016”)“a pleasant and fluid pop tune that blurs lines between R&B and two-step”
– Pitchfork“a velvety, warm, and comforting soundscape”
– The FADER

Melbourne duo Kllo’s much anticipated new EP, Well Worn, came out back in August on Ghostly International (North America), Different Recordings/PIAS (UK/Europe/Japan) and Good Manners Records (AU/NZ/ROW). In just 3 months since release it has amassed over 10 million Spotify plays and established the group as one of the most exciting new electronic prospects. Today the band shares Mall Grab’s rework of “Walls To Build,” one of the lead singles from the EP.Handpicked by Kllo, up-and-coming Australian producer Mall Grab adds a driving bass beat while altering the pace of the original, injecting some space into the song to emphasize its depth. He’s effectively managed to turn Kllo’s smart pop into low light R&B, showcasing the duo’s wide, cross-genre appeal.

Guided by the ghosts of UK garage and like-minded strains of underground dance music, the original “Walls To Build” melds Simon Lam‘s synth lines with Chloe Kaul‘s vapor-trailed verses; “Bolide” sets a skittish beat against a clipped chorus: and the one-two punch of “Sense” and “On My Name” build a couple piano-laced ballads from a pillowy sound bed of laid-back loops and lovelorn melodies. “Don’t Be The One” is deceivingly simple as well, bringing the record to a close alongside a rubbery, elusive rhythm and a growing sense of tension and release. Catchy, yes, but also compelling enough to leave us all longing for the pair’s inevitable LP.

Things happen so fast these days that Kllo barely had a Facebook page or a proper song before a wave of interest began to build around their breakthrough EP, Cusp. What a telling record title; in the year since its release, cousins Lam and Kaul have played sold-out shows and festival slots throughout Australia (Dark Mofo, Splendour in the Grass and Melbourne Music Week among many others) and overseas (The Great Escape, Primavera Sound), racked up millions of plays on Spotify, and landed on several Artists to Watch lists.

The duo is currently on their first ever world tour taking them across Europe with RÜFÜS DU SOL and NAO and North America with RÜFÜS DU SOL again later this month. To cap off the year, they’ll make their New York City live debut at Baby’s All Right on December 8th. A full list of dates is below.

STREAM KLLO’S “WALLS TO BUILD” (MALL GRAB REMIX):
https://soundcloud.com/kllomusic/walls-to-build-mall-grab-remix-1
LISTEN & WATCH:
“Bolide” stream – https://soundcloud.com/kllomusic/bolide
“Bolide” video – https://youtu.be/NYd4t5uINNY
“Bolide” (Lone Remix) stream – https://soundcloud.com/kllomusic/bolide-lone-remix
“Walls To Build” stream – https://soundcloud.com/kllomusic/walls-to-build
“Walls To Build” video – https://youtu.be/PmiygZRFtvo
“Sense” video – https://youtu.be/kSPETjXwLOA
KLLO TOUR DATES:
Wed. Nov. 16 – Hamburg, DE @ Knust (w/ NAO)
Thu. Nov. 17 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain/Panorama Bar (w/ NAO)
Thu. Nov. 24 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial (w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL)
Fri. Nov. 25 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune (w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL)
Sat. Nov. 26 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom (w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL)
Wed. Nov. 30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore (w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL)
Thu. Dec. 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore (w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL)
Fri. Dec. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern (w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL)
Sat. Dec. 3 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box (w/ RÜFÜS DU SOL)
Sun. Dec. 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Multiply
Thu. Dec. 8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right

“Walls To Build” (Mall Grab Remix) artwork

American Wrestlers to begin North American tour next month.

AMERICAN WRESTLERS ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES, SHARE TWO DEMO SONG VERSIONS

GOODBYE TERRIBLE YOUTH OUT NOW ON FAT POSSUM
American Wrestlers released their excellent sophomore album Goodbye Terrible Youth (Fat Possum) just over a week ago, and it’s been receiving praise from the likes of Pitchfork to Noisey to Wired and more. Today, the band announces a batch of new tour dates and shares two demo versions of songs that appear on Goodbye Terrible Youth, “Amazing Grace” and “So Long” (both of which appear on the deluxe Japanese edition of the album).
LISTEN TO “AMAZING GRACE” & “SO LONG” DEMOS
https://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/sets/aw-bonus-demo-tracks/s-GGpQY
The album is now streaming and available for purchase on all services. If you haven’t listened to Goodbye Terrible Youth yet, there’s no better time than the present.
LISTEN TO GOODBYE TERRIBLE YOUTH
http://smarturl.it/aw.gtyAMERICAN WRESTLERS TOUR DATES (new dates in bold)
Thu. Dec. 1 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.
Fri. Dec. 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Sun. Dec. 4 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Mon. Dec. 5 – Montreal, QC @ Le Divan Orange
Tue. Dec. 6 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
Wed. Dec. 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Thu. Dec. 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
Fri. Dec. 9 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Sat. Dec. 10 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s
Sun. Dec. 11 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Thu. Dec. 15 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
Tue. Jan. 10 – Nashville, TN @ The High Wattw/ NE-HI
Wed. Jan. 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ NE-HI
Thu. Jan. 12 – New Orleans, LA @ Hi Ho Lounge w/ NE-HI
Fri. Jan. 13 – Houston, TX @ The Raven Tower w/ NE-HI
Sat. Jan. 14 – Austin, TX @ Sidewinder w/ NE-HI
Sun. Jan. 15 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links w/ NE-HI
Wed. Jan 18 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Thu. Jan. 19 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
Fri. Jan. 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater
Sat. Jan. 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Tue. Jan. 24 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Wed. Jan. 25 – Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
Thu. Jan. 26 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic
Fri. Jan. 27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Sat. Jan. 28 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge

PRAISE FOR AMERICAN WRESTLERS

“These are unabashedly personal and reflective songs, often filled with regret and loss, ugliness and shame.” – Pitchfork

“You can hear the bona fides of a skilled singer-songwriter. McClure’s cool charm makes these homespun songs feel like long-lost guitar-pop gems, newly discovered and barely dusted off.” – Rolling Stone

“For Goodbye Terrible Youth, the group’s amped-up follow-up, frontman and songwriter Gary McClure has doubled down on spectral keyboards and fuzz-muscled riffs—pretty much always a good idea… Equal parts diffuse and direct, Youth ages nicely with each listen.” – Wired

“This is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard in 2016.” – USA Today, on “Amazing Grace”

“Even though he’s Scottish, Gary McClure’s new LP Goodbye Terrible Youth is the jangly guitar record this country needs right now.” – Noisey

“Scottish expat Gary McClure sings with a fragile-but-hopeful tenor like a beam of light from a discount flashlight, and as American Wrestlers, he’s stumbled upon a scrappy underdog lo-fi sound that lets his songs shine properly.” – Stereogum (Band to Watch; 50 Best New Bands of 2015)

“American Wrestlers have the potential to win over legions of fans based on their broad musical range. Goodbye Terrible Youth is music for tiny, sweaty clubs, with amps turned up loud and a knack for sophisticated tunes at the ready.” – PopMatters

Ty Segall’s new album due January 27th.

TY SEGALL SET TO RELEASE NEW, SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON JANUARY 27TH
VIA DRAG CITY;  NORTH AMERICAN TOUR TO FOLLOWLISTEN TO DEBUT SINGLE, “ORANGE COLOR QUEEN”
https://soundcloud.com/drag-city/ty-segall-orange-color-queen
[above image by Kyle Thomas]

Ty Segall has made whole records that wrestle with realities – fighting against some, pulling mightily to bring others into being. His new self-titled record – the next record after Emotional Mugger, Manipulator, Sleeper, Twins, Goodbye Bread, Melted, Lemons and the first self-titled album that started it up in the now-distant year of 2008 – is a clean flow, a wash of transparency falling into a world that needs to see a few things through clearly, to their logical end. It’s got some of the most lobe-blasting neckwork since the Ty Segall Band’s Slaughterhouse (from way back in the long, hot summer of 2012), but it also features a steep flight of fluent acoustic settings.

The construction and destruction of his chosen realities has, until now, been a luxury Ty has rightfully reserved for himself, striping overdubs together to form the sound – but for this new album, he entered a studio backed by a full band – Emmett Kelly, Mikal Cronin, Charles Moothart and Ben Boye – to get a read on this so-called clarity. This leads to a new departure in group sound, as well as some of the most visceral and penetrating vocal passages yet heard from Ty Segall. Take debut single, “Orange Color Queen,” for example — a supreme moment of tenderness.

Ty Segall keeps you guessing, bracing your skin with a welcome astringency, seeking to stem the bleeding with chunks and splashes of guitar, tight beats, audio-verite toilet smashes, a Wurlitzer electric piano in a jam, blazing harmonies, and LOTS of songs to sing. There’s no concept beyond that; finding the right places to be is a momentary thing. Ty Segall is the sum of his songs – and about getting the free. The free to be!

Ty Segall is out January 27th on Drag City Records, and available for pre-order now. All iTunes pre-orders come with an instant grat download of “Orange Color Queen,” which is also available to stream and download via dragcity.com. Ty Segall and his magick band will tour throughout 2017. All dates are listed below, with more to be added!

Listen To Ty Segall’s “Orange Color Queen”
https://soundcloud.com/drag-city/ty-segall-orange-color-queenTy Segall Tracklisting:
1. Break A Guitar
2. Freedom
3. Warm Hands (Freedom Returned)
4. Talkin’
5. The Only One
6. Thank You Mr. K
7. Orange Color Queen
8. Papers
9. Take Care (To Comb Your Hair)
10. Untitled

Ty Segall Tour Dates:
Fri. Jan. 27 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
Thu. Feb. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Fri. Feb. 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Mon. Feb. 27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Wed. March 1 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
Thu. March 2 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Wed. May 10 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
Thu. May 11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Irving Theater
Sun. May 14 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Wed. May 17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
Sat. May 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theater
Sun. May 21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theater
Mon. May 22 – Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall
Thu. May 25 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
Sat. May 27 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre

Ty Segall Pre-order:
Via iTunes – http://geni.us/iTunesTySegall
Via Drag City – http://www.dragcity.com/products/ty-segall
[Ty Segall Cover Art]